Infrastructure Bill
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
Catalyst 
the Green Blueprint 
All-In
4 statements about Infrastructure Bill, every show
Schneider: The infrastructure bill allocated ~$2.5B for hydropower upgrades and development
“So yes, I think in the infrastructure bill, which was passed two years ago, there was a very big chunk of money directly for upgrading hydro and making various improvements and in, in, in existing hydro as well as advancing development. Something like two and …”
Hamilton: DOE requires 20% of federal grants address community and workforce
“And in fact, the Department of Energy, in every single grant that they're doing, even with the infrastructure bill, is requiring 20% of every grant to be, how are you involving the community? How are you dealing with the workforce?”
Federal agencies lack sufficient staff to implement infrastructure bill, says Hamilton
“All of these agencies that have to take on these huge tasks already are, do not have enough people for just to implement the infrastructure bill.”